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Media group: Romania must probe journalist attacks [Jan 27, 2012] (01-18) 06:26 PST BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A media organization has called on Romanian authorities to identify and prosecute protesters and policemen who reportedly attacked nine journalists during violent... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsMedia group: Romania must probe journalist attacks [Jan 18, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A media organization has urged Romanian authorities to identify and prosecute protesters and policemen who reportedly attacked nine journalists during violent anti-government demonstrations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Media group: Romania must probe journalist attacks [Jan 18, 2012] ALINA WOLFE MURRAY Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania A media organization has urged Romanian authorities to identify and prosecute protesters and policemen who reportedly attacked nine journalists during violent anti-government demonstrations. The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization said Wednesday that reporters were assaulted while covering days-long protests against austerity ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court scraps law taxing journalists [Oct 15, 2011] A lawyer in Romania says a Bucharest court has ruled to scrap a law obliging journalists and actors to pay hefty taxes on royalties and penalties dating back five years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court scraps law taxing journalists [Oct 13, 2011] A lawyer in Romania says a Bucharest court has ruled to scrap a law obliging journalists and actors to pay hefty taxes on royalties and penalties dating back five years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian court scraps law taxing journalists [Oct 12, 2011] A lawyer in Romania says a Bucharest court has ruled to scrap a law obliging journalists and actors to pay hefty taxes on royalties and penalties dating back five years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-president Constantinescu: To understand what?s going on in Romania one should learn English [Oct 06, 2011] Romania?s only English-language daily newspaper, the ?Nine O?Clock? celebrated 20 years of existence Wednesday, at the Intercontinental Hotel, in a festive event attended by more than 50 heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Bucharest, bank presidents, many foreign investors, politicians and journalists. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian journalists, actors protest tax bill, penalties backdated for 5 years [Jun 23, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Dozens of journalists and actors are protesting a law obliging them to pay hefty taxes on royalties and penalties dating back five years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Local politicians play down WikiLeaks cables revelations [Mar 29, 2011] The American embassy refuses to make any comment on the leaked cables that unveil political schemes between main party leaders, businessmen and journalists and the extent of the US influence in Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: Opposition blasts media leaks [Oct 25, 2010] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) A former Romanian prime minister has condemned the publication of private phone conversations between journalists and a powerful media owner, who is facing trial for links to a man convicted of fraud. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tapped phone calls put Romania media in tight spot [Oct 24, 2010] BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - The publication this week of telephone conversations between a media mogul and several journalists in Romania has sparked a heated debate over media monopolies. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: Opposition blasts media leaks [Oct 21, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - A former Romanian prime minister has condemned the publication of private phone conversations between journalists and a powerful media owner, who is facing trial for links to a man convicted of fraud. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian president tells media to stop linking him to the arrest of a media owner [Sep 17, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's president is demanding that the country's media stop linking him to a series of arrests seen as politically motivated. President Traian Basescu says he is not behind the arrests and is urging journalists to stop "trying to humiliate the president." [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Government Plans to Sell 9.8% OMV Petrom Stake by End of Year [Aug 05, 2010] The government reduced the stake it plans to sell in the oil and gas company as it wants to stay a significnat shareholder, Videanu told journalists in Bucharest today. [via YahooNews] More >>